John McLean (Illinois)

John McLean (4 February 1791-14 October 1830) was a member of the US House of Representatives from Illinois' at-large district (DR) from 3 December 1818 to 3 March 1819, preceding Daniel P. Cook, and a US Senator from 23 November 1824 to 3 March 1825 (succeeding Ninian Edwards and preceding Elias Kane) and from 4 March 1829 to 14 October 1830 (succeeding Jesse B. Thomas and preceding Daniel J. Baker).

Biography
John McLean was born near Guilford Court House (now Greensboro), North Carolina in 1791 and his family moved to Logan County, Kentucky in 1795; McLean moved to the Illinois Territory in 1815. He became a lawyer in Shawneetown, and he was elected to the US House of Representatives as Illinois' inaugural representative; he then served in the US Senate from 1824 to 1825 and from 1829 until his death in 1830.